Monthly Archives: May 2009
NEW JOURNEY: One Step Forward, Three Steps Back
Spiritual progress is not always linear, and definitely not always forward. As I said in a previous article, in the interest of full disclosure, what you read in these articles isn’t always what’s happening in real time. It may look … Continue reading
Filed under art, choices, courage, gratitude, humor, inspiration, life, mental attitude, mindfulness, perseverence, selfishness
THANK YOU, AND GOOD NIGHT to Two Good People
May was a hard month. I lost two friends. The first was Jeff Baird, an amazing photographer who is responsible for all the lovely images you ever see of my work. But in the ten years he shot my work, … Continue reading
Filed under announcement, art, friendship
New Journey: The Ninth Step
Class is over, and now the real learning begins. I really need to start renaming how I number the posts in this series, or someday I’ll be up to “The Hundred-and-Fifteenth Step”…. Yesterday was my last hospice volunteer training class. … Continue reading
Filed under art, business, courage, fear of failing, gratitude, hospice, inspiration, life, life with teenagers
NEW JOURNEY: The Eighth Step
Sometimes the hardest thing to do, is to do nothing. Many of you have sent some gentle nudges my way. “You haven’t said much lately–what’s up?” “Is everything okay?” “Are you still dealing with crap?” Short answer: Yes, I’m still … Continue reading
Filed under art, craft, inspiration, mental attitude
HELP SAVE THE BEAD MUSEUM!
If you love beads, especially ancient beads, please help out the Bead Museum in Glendale, AZ. And no, I’m not talking about my personal bead stash! The Bead Museum in Glendale, AZ is in danger of closing. An incredible national … Continue reading
Filed under action steps, art, Bead Museum, craft
A NEW WEBSITE FOR CRAFTSPEOPLE
A shout-out for the guy who gave me my first writing gig–and a link to his latest big project. Today I’d like to introduce my good friend, Larry Hornung, who has been in the crafts business industry for years. He’s … Continue reading
Filed under action steps, art, business, craft, craft shows, networking, selling
WILL THE REAL LUANN PLEASE STAND UP?
So should you believe everything you read here? Getting to the real “me” can be tricky. Someone wrote me recently, commenting on the phenomenon that many writers don’t actually resemble in real life the personae they’ve created in their writing … Continue reading
Filed under art, funny, inspiration, life, mindfulness, writing
DON’T MISS IT!!
Focusing on what’s going wrong could make us miss the thing that’s going to be oh-so-right. It’s been a very difficult last few weeks. In fact, yesterday was hellish. I won’t even dwell on what happened, that’s not important. What … Continue reading
Filed under art, choices, inspiration, life, mindfulness, world peace
